The SEC Division of Trading and Markets granted "introducing" broker-dealers no-action relief in order to relieve certain administrative and operational burdens during the customer account opening process.

The CFTC Division of Clearing and Risk provided guidance to clearinghouses on plans for recovery and wind-down.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew acknowledged the six-year anniversary of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. "Without question . . . Wall Street Reform has made our financial system safer and sounder," he said.

The CFTC extended its designation of the joint venture between Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication as the providers of legal entity identifiers. The CFTC Order was published in the Federal Register.

ISDA published a research note in which it analyzed interest rate derivatives notional outstanding data that was reported by the Bank for International Settlements. The purpose of ISDA's analysis was to "illuminate market trends."